docker compose up nginx reverse proxy not adding containers to docker0 bridge - docker

Question

After I carry out docker-compose up, it starts the containers.
when I do docker ps I get the below, which tells me that the containers are running. However when I do docker network inspect bridge the result shows me that there are no containers part of the docker0 bridge.
When I then carry out docker run meanchat_myserver it actually does show up on docker0 and I am also getting the data that the server is running on port 3000.
Which I don't get by using docker-compose.
What am I doing wrong here?
I am reading that when I use docker0 I can only refer to IP's to connect to other containers and not the name. Can I assume the ip's don't change on the containers and that this works without issue on deploying the app in production?
02cf08b1c3da d57f06ba9c68 "npm start" 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 4200/tcp meanchat_client_1
e257063c9e21 meanchat_myserver "npm start" 33 minutes ago Up 33 minutes 3000/tcp meanchat_myserver_1
02441c2e43f5 e114a298eabd "npm start" About an ago Up 33 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp meanchat_nginx_1
88d9841d2553 mongo "docker-entrypoint..." 3 hours ago Up 3 hours 27017/tcp meanchat_mongo_1
compose
version: '3'
services:
# Build the container using the client Dockerfile
client:
build: ./
# This line maps the contents of the client folder into the container.
volumes:
- ./:/usr/src/app
myserver:
build: ./express-server
volumes:
- ./:/usr/src/app
depends_on:
- mongo
nginx:
build: ./nginx
# Map Nginx port 80 to the local machine's port 80
ports:
- "80:80"
# Link the client container so that Nginx will have access to it
mongo:
environment:
- AUTH=yes
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=superAdmin
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=admin123
- MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=d0c4ae452a5c
image: mongo
volumes:
- /var/mongodata/data:/data/db

Answer 1

By default Compose sets up a single network for your app.
For more detail, refer this link.
This means containers with compose won't be located in default bridge network by default.
You can check which network the containers with compose are using with the command.
docker inspect $container_name -f "{{.NetworkSettings.Networks}}"
However, If you want containers to be in default bridge network, you can use network_mode.
services:
service_name:
# other options....
network_mode: bridge